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March 1, 1644Born on Wednesday March 2, 1644
- Huijbertje Jansen Quint, Amerongen
- Hendrick van LOON, Dordrecht
- Elizabeth SHAW, Colne, Lancashire, England († 1731)
- Maatje Gillis, Grijpskerke
- Duncan Forbes, 3rd Laird of Culloden, Culloden, Inverness-shire, Scotland († 1704)
- Ida Damas (Dammas), Hulsberg († 1703)
- Margaretha Corten, Geleen,, Limburg, Nederland
- Jacob Rijckers, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Gebruers, Geel,Hadschot
- François Marischael, Bossuit (BEL) († 1687)
Died on Wednesday March 2, 1644
- Joannes Geert Jan Damen (7), Zundert
- Andries Baert, Belsele, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
- Philippen Horstmans (54), Nuth (L)
- Ralfe Bishop (101), Southwick, Hampshire, England
- Frans Fagel (58), 's Gravenhage
- Anna Jacob Jan Roovers (12)
- Andrew Horsburgh (59)
- François Françoisz "De Oudste" FAGEL (58), Den Haag
- François Fagel (58), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
- ANDRIES BAERT, BELSELE,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
Born on March 2
- 1545 » Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and scholar, founded the Bodleian Library († 1613)
- 1577 » George Sandys, English traveller, colonist and poet († 1644)
- 1628 » Cornelis Speelman, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies († 1684)
- 1651 » Carlo Gimach, Maltese architect, engineer and poet († 1730)
- 1705 » William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1793)
- 1740 » Nicholas Pocock, English naval painter (d.1821)
- 1760 » Camille Desmoulins, French journalist and politician († 1794)
- 1769 » DeWitt Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of New York († 1828)
- 1770 » Louis-Gabriel Suchet, French general († 1826)
- 1779 » Joel Roberts Poinsett, American physician and politician, 15th United States Secretary of War († 1851)
Died on March 2
- 1589 » Alessandro Farnese, Italian cardinal and diplomat (b. 1520)
- 1619 » Anne of Denmark, queen of Scotland (b. 1574)
- 1729 » Francesco Bianchini, Italian astronomer and philosopher (b. 1662)
- 1755 » Louis de Rouvroy, French duke and diplomat (b. 1675)
- 1791 » John Wesley, English cleric and theologian (b. 1703)
- 1793 » Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-Danish painter and academic (b. 1711)
- 1797 » Horace Walpole, English historian and politician (b. 1717)
- 1829 » Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, Mexican revolutionary (b. ca. 1773)
- 1830 » Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, German physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (b. 1755)
- 1835 » Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768)
Names that were popular for boys in 1644
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Gerrit
- John
- Pieter
- Willem
- Johannes
- Thomas
- Jean
- Jacobus
- Adrianus
- Johann
- Hendrik
Names that were popular for girls in 1644
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Marie
- Mary
- Joanna
- Neeltje
- Elizabeth
- Cornelia
- Jeanne
- Anne
- Sarah
- Hannah
- Trijntje
- Jannetje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1644
- Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- April 25 » The Chongzhen Emperor, the last Emperor of Ming dynasty China, commits suicide during a peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng.
- May 26 » Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese and Spanish forces both claim victory in the Battle of Montijo.
- June 29 » Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge.
- July 2 » English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor.
- September 1 » Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.
- October 27 » Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War.